. Catalogue of the specimens of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. Mammals. SEALS. 25 7. Pagophilus. Palate truncated behind; fingers gradually shorter; muzzle rather produced; hair dry, flat, close-pressed, without any under- fur ; web between the hind-toes baldish; low er jaw dilated and inflexed beneath in front, so as to close in the front part of the gullet; grinders rather distant. Inhab. Northern Ocean. Callocephalus §, F. Cuvier, Mem. Mus. xi. 1827. Pagophilus (Subgen. of Callocephalus), Gray, Zool. Erebus Si- Terror, Pagophilus Groenlandicus. Skull. 1. Pagophilus Gr
. Catalogue of the specimens of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. Mammals. SEALS. 25 7. Pagophilus. Palate truncated behind; fingers gradually shorter; muzzle rather produced; hair dry, flat, close-pressed, without any under- fur ; web between the hind-toes baldish; low er jaw dilated and inflexed beneath in front, so as to close in the front part of the gullet; grinders rather distant. Inhab. Northern Ocean. Callocephalus §, F. Cuvier, Mem. Mus. xi. 1827. Pagophilus (Subgen. of Callocephalus), Gray, Zool. Erebus Si- Terror, Pagophilus Groenlandicus. Skull. 1. Pagophilus Grcenlandicus. Harp Seal. Grey or w hitish, with large and small black spots; hairs of the beard waved on the edges ; cutting teeth diminish in size ; the grinders separated, straight; edge of the mouth oblique. Length 4 to 5 feet. Until six or seven weeks old white, called White Coats at Newfoundland; at one year old they have small spots; at two years old they have large spots, and the males are called Bed Lampiers; at three years old the males and females have the harp-shape band.—Jukes, I. c. Phoca Grcenlandica, Midler, Zool. Dan. Prod. 8; Fah. Fauna Groen. 11; Skrivt. Nat. Selsk. i. 87-157, ii. t. 12. f. 1, skull; Thienemann, Nat. Bemerk. t. 14-21 ; Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 261. t. 15 & 18, t. 19, skull; F. Cuv. Mem. Mus. xi. 186, f. 2 ; Nilsson, Scand. Fauna, i. 370. t. 37, voung; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 314; Gray, Griffith, A. K. ii. t. 91 ^. t. 92; v. 177; Ball, Sketches of British Seals, t. U. f. 33, 35, skull {11) from River. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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